VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 000468 SIPDIS VISAS VIPER DEPT FOR CA/VO/L/C AND INR/IC/TIPOFF E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL (ACHRAF, MOHAMED) SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION ¶1. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: ¶2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JAN. 29, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SWISS OFFICE OF FEDERAL JUSTICE AGREED TO THE REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION TO SPAIN OF MOHAMED ACHRAF, A RADICAL ISLAMIST ARRESTED IN SWITZERLAND IN OCT. 2004. HE WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN A PLOT TO ATTACK THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT PREMISES AND OTHER BUILDINGS IN MADRID USING TRUCK-BOMBS, AS WELL AS RECRUITING FOR THE JIHAD RADICAL ISLAMIST WHO WERE SERVING IN SPANISH JAILS. ¶3. NAME: ACHRAF, MOHAMED - ALTERNATE LAST NAME SPELLING: ASHRAF - AKA: MIKAEL ETIENNE CHRISTIAN LEFEVRE - AKA: KAMEL SAADI - AKA: MUSTAFA HAWARI - DPOB: FEB 19, 1974, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NATIONALITY: ALGERIAN - CLASS: POSITIVE MANZANARES